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David Meyer

David N Meyer is a content editor at getAbstract and author of The 100 Best Films To Rent You've Never Heard Of, Twenty Thousand Roads: The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music, The Bee Gees: The Biography, and other books. You can find his essays on film and music at davidnmeyer.com

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    Seeking Satisfaction
    Job Therapy
    Job Therapyby Tessa West Seeking Satisfaction

    Tessa West, a professor of psychology at New York University, explains the psychological roots of job dissatisfaction and helps you understand what career you really…

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    Clear Leadership Basics
    High Road Leadership
    High Road Leadershipby John C. Maxwell Clear Leadership Basics

    Bestselling pastor John C. Maxwell provides uplifting principles for becoming a “high road” leader.

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    The Nations Endure
    Native Nations
    Native Nationsby Kathleen DuVal The Nations Endure

    Kathleen DuVal, recipient of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for History, details Indigenous North Americans’ resilience, strength, pride, and cultural and political sophistication.

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    A New Life Model
    The Perennials
    The Perennialsby Mauro F. Guillen A New Life Model

    Wharton School professor Mauro F. Guillén details a new model of life and work.

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    Avoiding War
    Why We Fight
    Why We Fightby Christopher Blattman Avoiding War

    Professor Christopher Blattman argues that thinking people prefer peace but that irrational concerns can spur war.

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    Ever Darker
    The Country of the Blind
    The Country of the Blindby Andrew Leland Ever Darker

    Andrew Leland, editor of The Believer and former host of The Organist podcast, provides a compelling account of his increasing blindness and the enormous changes it brought…

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    Happier Later Years
    Successful Aging
    Successful Agingby Daniel J. Levitin Happier Later Years

    Bestseller Daniel Levitin details habits, practices and attitudes that ensure graceful, joyous aging.

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    Judgment Under Pressure
    Risk
    Riskby General Stanley McChrystal Judgment Under Pressure

    Ret. General Stanley McChrystal details successful and unsuccessful strategic responses to pressure.

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    Think! (Slowly)
    Rationality
    Rationalityby Steven Pinker Think! (Slowly)

    Harvard professor Steven Pinker teases out another one-sentence idea into a compelling, immersing and revealing look at the power – when people remember to apply it…

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    Best Served Cold
    Frostbite
    Frostbiteby Nicola Twilley Best Served Cold

    Gastropod podcaster Nicola Twilley provides a surprisingly compelling history of keeping food cold.